Yesterday was very strange.

It started with me going to my dads house so he could fix my car.
It never got fixed, but I saw my uncle in the nursing home who has intestinal cancer.
He was all skinny and there were tubes in his belly, the doctor says he has 1-2 months left. My dad is going to try and pay 400 dollars for this chinese medicine thats supposed to make him live longer.

I never had a brother, but I can imagine how it would be to lose one. And my cousins, my uncles son's, I'm going to have to try and be their father figure now.

My Dad and I talked, for what seemed to be a very long time, in the car on the way back from the hospital. I now know the meaning of my family name, some history of my grandparents, and my Dad's future plans for me.

I found a new respect for my father, and thats hard to say.
He says that in his religion, buddhism, we are very lucky to be born as humans, to be able to think on our own.

I can't tell you all he said or what we talked about, but it was a lot, more than I think we ever talked about before, it changed my perspective about things.

He says that when I'm done with college he's sending me to Thailand to become a monk for 3 months, then I will change from being 70% a man to 100%, lol.

I'll have to tell you the rest of what he said in chunks in later blogs.